Company

About Bridge Exhibitions.

Reference facts about the company, its leadership, and the exhibitions it sells and represents.

Bridge Exhibitions is an international sales, marketing, event management and market development business created by Arabian World Events and Orchestra Media. Its multilingual team helps event organisers grow international participation, develop new markets, and connect with exhibitors and industry partners worldwide.

Company facts

Registration and contact details for Bridge Exhibitions.
Trading nameBridge Exhibitions
Legal nameBridge Consultancies DWC-LLC
Founded2026
HeadquartersDubai Media City, Concord Tower, 6th Floor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Created byArabian World Events and Orchestra Media
IndustryInternational exhibition sales, marketing, event management and market development
Contactoffice@bridgeexhibitions.com

Leadership

Named leadership at Bridge Exhibitions.
Thomas GauntManaging Partner
Keith BarthelotSales Director
Mohamed SahbiDigital Strategy Director

What the company does

Bridge Exhibitions works for exhibition organisers rather than for exhibitors. Its work covers international sales, recruiting exhibitors and national pavilions into a show, marketing that participation, developing new markets for an event, and managing events in their own right.

Sectors

Three sectors:

  • Defence and aerospace
  • Security and cyber
  • Technology and AI

Regions

Five regions, worked in-market:

  • The Middle East
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Asia-Pacific
  • The Americas

Show portfolio

The exhibitions Bridge Exhibitions sells and represents, with confirmed dates. The current list is on the Shows page.

Exhibitions sold and represented by Bridge Exhibitions, soonest first.
ShowDatesLocation
El Alamein International Airshow 20268 Sept 2026 to 10 Sept 2026El Alamein, Egypt
Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 202616 Sept 2026 to 20 Sept 2026Pretoria, South Africa
GISEC Global 202621 Sept 2026 to 23 Sept 2026Dubai, UAE
AI Everything Global 20266 Oct 2026 to 7 Oct 2026Abu Dhabi, UAE
IDEX & NAVDEX 202725 Jan 2027 to 29 Jan 2027Abu Dhabi, UAE
IDEX NEXUS 202725 Jan 2027 to 29 Jan 2027Abu Dhabi, UAE
BAAFEx 202722 Mar 2027 to 24 Mar 2027Singapore, Singapore
LAAD Defence & Security 202713 Apr 2027 to 16 Apr 2027Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
LIMA 202720 Apr 2027 to 24 Apr 2027Langkawi, Malaysia
Indo Defence 2027 Expo & Forum12 May 2027 to 15 May 2027Jakarta, Indonesia
EDEX 20276 Dec 2027 to 9 Dec 2027Cairo, Egypt

Disambiguation

Bridge Exhibitions is not connected to Bridge Summit, an unrelated trade show held in Abu Dhabi. The two are separate organisations with separate ownership.

Contact

Bridge Exhibitions, Dubai Media City, Concord Tower, 6th Floor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. office@bridgeexhibitions.com. Press and partnership enquiries can be sent through the contact page.

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